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Galbert, Peter.
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Chair design.
Woodwork.
Furniture making.
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Galbert, Peter.
Chairs.
Chair design.
Woodwork.
Furniture making.
MARC Display
Chairmaker
's
notebook
/ [written and illustrated by] Peter Galbert.
by
Galbert, Peter.
Lost Art Press, LLC, 2015.
Call #:
684.13 G148c
Subjects
Chairs.
Chair design.
Woodwork.
Furniture making.
ISBN:
9780990623038 (hc.)
Description:
xvi, 387 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Whether you are an aspiring professional
chairmaker
, an experienced green woodworker or a home woodworker curious about the craft, "
Chairmaker
's
Notebook
" is an in-depth guide to building your first Windsor chair or an even-better 30th one. Using more than 500 hand-drawn illustrations, Peter Galbert walks you through the entire process, from selecting wood at the log yard, to the chairs' robust joinery, to applying a hand-burnished finish. And if you've never thought about building a chair, this book might convince you to try. Building a chair will open your eyes to ways of working wood that you might miss if you stay in the rectilinear world of boxes. Once you understand chairmaking, then odd and compound angles become child'
s
play. You will know how wood works in a deeper way (and how to exploit it). And you will gain access to an arsenal of open-ended tools, such as the drawknife, that will fundamentally change the way you work - plus expand the shapes and surfaces you can produce. At 406 pages, "
Chairmaker
's
Notebook
" is an in-depth look at the craft from the hand of a professional
chairmaker
, teacher and artist. During the last 15 years, Galbert has developed process, tools and ways of understanding joinery that have simplified the way people build chairs using hand tools. He has traveled the world to teach his techniques to other chairmakers. And he spent more than three years drawing out every step of the process for the illustrations in '
Chairmaker
's
Notebook
.'"--From publisher.
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Adult Nonfiction
684.13 G148c
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